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Monday, August 11, 2025
TopicPrison reform

Topic: Prison reform

Manipur is burning but Delhi remains unmoved, and Justice Gavai takes a trip behind bars

Pre-Truth — snappy, witty and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

Reducing prisoners’ jail time in exchange for vital organs raises serious questions

Some scholars do not think that prison inmates can freely consent to organ donation. They see inmate organ donation as exploiting a vulnerable population.

Delhi to give cash to children who have even one parent in jail, cabinet note in the works 

Move is part of 7 amendments that govt is looking to introduce in the Scheme for Financial Sustenance, Education and Welfare of Children of Incarcerated Parents, 2014.

India to get first sex offenders’ list: Answer to rape culture or limiting room for reform?

The Centre is set to release the National Registry of Sexual Offenders Thursday. The database will maintain records of convicted offenders and be only...

Now cows are expected to help reform prisoners in Haryana’s jails as well

Under the idea mooted by chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar in November 2016, the state government will use jails with surplus land as cow shelters.

On Camera

MBBS guidelines for students with disabilities reduce a life to a limb

The guidelines ask whether a student can climb stairs, but not whether the college has a ramp. They ask whether a student can bear weight, but not whether the system can bear the weight of its own prejudice.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.